I am woefully behind in posting about some of the books we’ve worked on in the last 6 to 8 months, but as the spring allergy season wages war on the hills of Virginia, I think a lot about this great book by Dr John Hunt. (Though, of course, allergies may not be causing your child’s asthma!)

Dr. Hunt has written a fantastic guide for parents with children with asthma, explaining what exactly could be going on in the asthmatic child’s body and how to help. He is a particularly good source of information because not only is he a pediatric pulmonologist and an allergist/immunologist, he also grew up with asthma and has children who have asthma.

In this book Dr. Hunt emphasizes that asthma is a symptom, not a disease, and he focuses on helping parents find out what is causing their child’s asthma — not all cases of asthma are the same and each patient should be treated as an individual.